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August 1, 1986Circulation

Noninvasive evaluation of left ventricular performance based on peak aortic blood acceleration measured with a continuous-wave Doppler velocity meter.

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Why the study?

Does noninvasive measurement of peak aortic blood acceleration using a continuous-wave Doppler velocity meter improve the evaluation of global left ventricular performance in patients undergoing diagnostic cardiac catheterization?

Population

36 patients undergoing diagnostic cardiac catheterization

Comparison

Noninvasive measurement of peak aortic blood… vs Left ventriculography (ejection fraction)

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

HSHani N. SabbahFKFareed KhajaJBJames F. Brymer

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Peak aortic blood acceleration measured noninvasively with continuous-wave Doppler correlates strongly with ejection fraction and is a useful indicator of global left ventricular performance.

Structured PICO

Does noninvasive measurement of peak aortic blood acceleration using a continuous-wave Doppler velocity meter improve the evaluation of global left ventricular performance in patients undergoing diagnostic cardiac catheterization?

P
Population
36 patients undergoing diagnostic cardiac catheterization
I
Intervention
Noninvasive measurement of peak aortic blood acceleration using a continuous-wave Doppler velocity meter at the suprasternal notch
C
Comparator
Left ventriculography (ejection fraction)
O
Outcome
Correlation between peak aortic blood acceleration and left ventricular ejection fractionsurrogate

Peak aortic blood acceleration measured noninvasively with continuous-wave Doppler correlates strongly with ejection fraction and is a useful indicator of global left ventricular performance.

Cite This Study

Sabbah et al. (1986) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a880e82d03e68c3c9a53876https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.74.2.323
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